It's hard to believe, but in the US, some people are not legally entitled to hang their washing out to dry.

A new American site Laundry List has been set up to help Americans get back the right to hang and they are holding a National Drying Day this Thursday, April 19.

The gloomsayers tell us saving the planet will kill the economy. But a new report will come out proving the opposite.

In a blow to Dads everywhere, it has been revealed that big screen plasma TVs almost rival the guzzling fridge for their energy consumption.

"By 2012, it will be safe to say that televisions will use more power than the average refrigerator in an average household," says electronics expert Keith Jones of Digital Energy Australia on the SMH's Renovation Nation blog.

I picked this brochure up in my local BP the other day titled "Our diesel will soon be 80% cleaner".

Terrific! I thought. If this stuff is any good, I'll trade in the Holden for a diesel.

A quick read of the pamphlet revealed a great disappointment. BP have reduced their sulphur content by 80%.

Scientists have discovered a whole raft of new genes from the ocean floor that hold the secrets to many exciting possibilities, including how to take carbon from the atmosphere and turn it into oxygen.

An excellent campaign has been given a leg-up this week when the NSW mining council heavied the host of a anti-mining website to take it down.

Of course, now it is the talk of the web and everyone is going to have a look - miningnsw.com.au.

Be a bit careful when buying carbon-offsets. They are a great idea, and coupled with your own efforts to reduce energy use, they can bring down your carbon use to virtually nil.

But there are some cowboy schemes out there. Surprise, surprise, there are a few groups who are quite happy to take your money and plant a few trees, only to chop them down in the near future for their own profit.

A wave power station is powering 500 homes in Kembla, near Sydney, NSW - and desalinating 2,000 litres of water a day as it does it!

I remember once wondering how anyone could think that tipping there own poo and wee out their window and onto the street could be a good idea.

No wonder they got the bubonic plague, I thought. How disgusting.

It really annoys me when talking about climate change, people sigh and say 'oh well, what can you do when you have countries like China?'

The implication being that all the Chinese are getting wealthy and buying cars and stuffing up the atmosphere with their industry. The stats back it up - 25% of the world's carbon emissions come from China.